November 29, 2018

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Confronting Inequity and Structural Racism by Building Community Schools

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Lift Us Up, Don't Push Us Out! Stories About Organizing Against the School-to-Prison Pipeline
December 11th @ 2:00pm ET

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"Decolonizing Wealth"
Book Discussion with
Schott VP Edgar Villanueva

Tuesday, December 11th @ 5:30 PM
Philadelphia, PA

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Champions of Education
December 6th @ 5:00pm
New York, NY

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New York Times Interview:
A Call to Modernize American Philanthropy

This week the New York Times profiled Schott Vice President Edgar Villanueva's new book Decolonizing Wealth and raised up his urgent call for a new direction in the philanthropic sector. As a public fund that supports funders in advancing social justice philanthropy, we at Schott are proud of Edgar and the deeply thoughtful dialogue he is sparking.
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Grantee Spotlight: Center for Popular Democracy

Black & Brown Youth Demand Racial Justice in School Safety Commission Report

A class-action lawsuit, which is being filed in federal court in Rhode Island Wednesday, argues that baked into the Constitution is an implicit guarantee of high-quality education—in fact, that the constitutional system could not function were this not the case.

If the lawsuit were to succeed in the nation’s highest court (if it even makes it there), it could usher in a major overhaul of the country’s education system.
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The Students Suing for a Constitutional Right to Education

A class-action lawsuit, which is being filed in federal court in Rhode Island Wednesday, argues that baked into the Constitution is an implicit guarantee of high-quality education—in fact, that the constitutional system could not function were this not the case.

If the lawsuit were to succeed in the nation’s highest court (if it even makes it there), it could usher in a major overhaul of the country’s education system.
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New York’s Insurgent Lawmakers Speak Out against School Privatization and a Flawed Testing System

A wave of newly elected officials in New York's state legislature includes those who have themselves seen the harms of school privatization up close—former students who were subject to the standardized testing regime begun in 2002, former teachers and even “opt out moms.”

New York lawmakers now appear poised to challenge the current testing and school privatization regime in a new landscape where evidence and research matter more than Albany’s rampant “pay-for-play” arrangements.
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How 2018 Election Results Will Shake Up State Education Policy

There will be a new cast of characters overseeing state education policy in 2019—and many of them will be looking to shake things up to deliver on the many promises they made on the campaign trail in this year's midterm elections.

And states where one party or the other has new control of both the legislature and governorship, such as Democrats in Colorado, may use that momentum to push school accountability and other changes at a time when the Every Student Succeeds Act gives them greater policy authority.
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Book About Chicago School Closings Offers Sobering Lessons for Boston

Eve Ewing’s book, Ghosts in the Schoolyard, was released on October 22. Ewing’s book studies the 2013 school closure process in Chicago, when more than 50 schools were shuttered. She creates a theoretical framework for understanding the impact of school closures on communities, and she gives voice to the young people, teachers, and families affected by these closures.
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Amazon Will Only Exacerbate Long Island City School Overcrowding

The Amazon deal is but a particularly egregious example of how the city’s policies are driven by the interests of the real estate industry and private corporations while the educational needs of our children are too often overlooked. If New York City is to thrive and offer opportunities to all its residents, we must ensure that investment in our public schools is a top priority for all agencies, including those focused on economic development.
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